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. >> mike gates? >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. government is in meeting benchmarks, we ourselves are in afghanistan for our own national security reasons. in that context, the prime efforts of the pakistani government, but how confidence is he that the civilian government in pakistan has got the power to shift the focus of its military and intelligence rather than its obsession with india? >> mr. speaker, my friend who is an expert is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance and to draw attention to the fact we are in afghanistan for national security reasons, because there is a terrorist threat to the people of our country. it is not enough for us to borders. it is important that we combat the terrorists at the source. i have spoken to the president of pakistan. i keep in touch with the opposition as well. i also talked to the military, as do other members of the government and our armed forces. we can be sure that the pakistani authorities are where they have to deal with the threat posed by the pakistan tell them bu
. >> mike gates? >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. government is in meeting benchmarks, we ourselves are in afghanistan for our own national security reasons. in that context, the prime efforts of the pakistani government, but how confidence is he that the civilian government in pakistan has got the power to shift the focus of its military and intelligence rather than its obsession with india? >> mr. speaker, my friend who is an expert is absolutely right to draw attention to...
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. >> lehrer: the chairm of the joint chiefs of staff, airal mike mullen, briefed ldiers and marines today. 'll talk to him about what he said. >> ifill: also tonigh as the climate chae conference opened copenhagen, new rules were announced in washingon declarg greenhouse gases dangerous to publ health. we get details from administrator lisa jason at the environmeal protection agen. >> lehrer: then ray suarez begins a weeklong crossountry seriesbout the u.s. economy. patchwk nation, tonight from philadelphia. > they were too big to fail i would say thatities are too important to fl. >> ifill: and jerey brown rerts on new york's latest cultural struggl >>> how can they survive and tive, here at the metropolitan in n york we'll talk to thean in charge and oera star renee flemi. >> lehrer: that's all cominup, on tonig's "pbs nehour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provideby: >> what the worlneeds now is energy. the energy to get theconomy mming again. the energy ttackle challenge like climate chge. what if that eney came from an energy company? every day, chevron invts $62 million in p
. >> lehrer: the chairm of the joint chiefs of staff, airal mike mullen, briefed ldiers and marines today. 'll talk to him about what he said. >> ifill: also tonigh as the climate chae conference opened copenhagen, new rules were announced in washingon declarg greenhouse gases dangerous to publ health. we get details from administrator lisa jason at the environmeal protection agen. >> lehrer: then ray suarez begins a weeklong crossountry seriesbout the u.s. economy. patchwk...
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i asked ben and mike, and they said yes. off we decided to go. right before we were leaveing, a cartoonist decided to publish a cartoon. we all know what happened. well, it prohibited us into doing into islamabad at that time. we rebooked our trip and went. we worked with relief international for a couple of weeks. we went all over cashmere. our job was to document, and it's characterized in the book was to document the work that relief international was doing. but also to show the extent of the devastation and the homelessness, and the challenges people are facing. the work that i was doing was some of the same kind of work. they were doing health care along with all kinds of other health cares ngos includes the cuban and saudi. they were providing nutrition. they were providing food security. they were providing housing for people on -- in addition to providing tents, they were actually constructing new earthquake resistant housing. since then they've gotten into all kinds of things. to providing life stock to replenishing the lively hood of pe
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and mike said it. i think he indicated, had he got the chance to do that again, based on what he knows now, of course he wouldn't have made that decision. and, you know, i believe that's true. >> larry: how did you deal with pardons as a governor? >> early on, i got a whole stack of pardons. i said before we go through this i have to put together guidelines so i'm not swung by, you know, personal impressions of people. i need to really think this through. so we put together guidelines. and they were particularly strict as it related to folks who perpetrated violent crimes. as it turned out, after four years i didn't pardon or commuted any sentences at all. >> larry: none? >> none. my conclusion is if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their preerz and prosecuted and police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would i step in and reverse that sentence? >> larry: why have a pardon board? >> if you find there's a setting where there's been prosecutoral in
and mike said it. i think he indicated, had he got the chance to do that again, based on what he knows now, of course he wouldn't have made that decision. and, you know, i believe that's true. >> larry: how did you deal with pardons as a governor? >> early on, i got a whole stack of pardons. i said before we go through this i have to put together guidelines so i'm not swung by, you know, personal impressions of people. i need to really think this through. so we put together...
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hln law enforcement analyst mike brooks has new information on that and joins us on the phone. >> good to be with you. i'm hearing from my federal law enforcement and airline security sources that apparently this man got on this northwest flight off of a flight that originated in nigerian but it was a clm flight. i used to travel from washington, d.c. to africa through the airport. and very, very good security there. when you get to the gate, you go through additional screening. they put you in a holding area. what a patdown search most likely would not have found, whatever it was -- i don't know exactly what kind of device this was. they said they're not sure if it was on the body, on his body, or maybe secreted in his clothes. he apparently suffered second and third-degree burns to his thigh area. he was hospitalized but is not in life-threatening condition. they don't know if the device was a black powder, flash powder or as peter just pointed out, could be like richard reid used, a hydrogen peroxide-based explosive. they're taking the evidence overnight to the fbi lab in quantico w
hln law enforcement analyst mike brooks has new information on that and joins us on the phone. >> good to be with you. i'm hearing from my federal law enforcement and airline security sources that apparently this man got on this northwest flight off of a flight that originated in nigerian but it was a clm flight. i used to travel from washington, d.c. to africa through the airport. and very, very good security there. when you get to the gate, you go through additional screening. they put...
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. >> rorter: harvard's mike herer has written a classic classical music and onomics: "quarternotes and banknos." "opera w the road to independence frothe patronage of court and clerg" he says. >> and the composers competed as freelances to ve their compositions choseto be operas. >> reporter: handel,n royal retainer in ndon, jumped into the game, according m.i.t. musicologist ellen hars. >> his first opera is "rindo," 1711, and itas a huge hit. he probably woulhave gotten a flat fee forriting the opera and that probablwas about £200 and he wld have had a benefit night, so heould take the box office from thatne night. could haverought in £500-600. >> reporte the currency conversion web site, msuring worth, calculas that would be something like 800,000 pnds today, wl over a million dollars, out of whh, however, handel had to pay mo of the expenses of production. paying for the orchestral musicians, paying fosets, paying for ctumes. opera has ver been a really good money maker, we kw this today. >> repter: furthermore, in england back then, it s an art form impord from abroad. >> and wi
. >> rorter: harvard's mike herer has written a classic classical music and onomics: "quarternotes and banknos." "opera w the road to independence frothe patronage of court and clerg" he says. >> and the composers competed as freelances to ve their compositions choseto be operas. >> reporter: handel,n royal retainer in ndon, jumped into the game, according m.i.t. musicologist ellen hars. >> his first opera is "rindo," 1711, and itas a huge...
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afghanistan strategy part of the witnesses are defense secretary robert gates, joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen and secretary of state hillary clinton. john kerry of massachusetts years this hearing. is about three hours. >> the hearing will come to order. secretary clinton, secretary gates, and admiral mullen, we welcome you here today. thank you very much for joining us and we appreciate your coming to share more details about the president's plan and for consulting and partnering with congress on the decision obviously of enormous consequences for our soldiers, our security in their country. this is a decision that the president of the united states has made but ultimately the all of us share responsibility for its consequences. given the complexities of our challenge in the seriousness of the sacrifices the head and the absence of strategy over much of the last 80 years, i believe the president exercised importantly leadership by taking the time he needed to make the right decision even as political pressure mounted in different directions. his words in your testimony showed that the
afghanistan strategy part of the witnesses are defense secretary robert gates, joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen and secretary of state hillary clinton. john kerry of massachusetts years this hearing. is about three hours. >> the hearing will come to order. secretary clinton, secretary gates, and admiral mullen, we welcome you here today. thank you very much for joining us and we appreciate your coming to share more details about the president's plan and for consulting and...
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i look forward today to hearing in more detail about those plans and like the chair and mike, i'm very pleased to see you here today and thank you for your attention to the panel. >> thank you mr. silvers superintendent neiman? >> good morning mr. secretary. yesterday morning our panel issued a report analyzeing theÑi overall effectiveness of t.a.r.p. in a comprehensive year end review. and while the report criticized several of t.a.r.p.'s shortcomings to date, it also gave a large share of credit to the treasury department and to congress and in my opinion to the fed and the fdic for the achievement of the primary objectives. t.a.r.p.'s primary objectives were to restore financial liquidity and this has largely been achieved as the report stated and i elaborated in my additional views. this this reflection is critically important so the american public can fully appreciate the depth of the crisis and how the treasury's multiprong response stabilize not only a financial sector but also avoided a dramatic worsening if not collapse in the real economy. but congress also charged treasury
i look forward today to hearing in more detail about those plans and like the chair and mike, i'm very pleased to see you here today and thank you for your attention to the panel. >> thank you mr. silvers superintendent neiman? >> good morning mr. secretary. yesterday morning our panel issued a report analyzeing theÑi overall effectiveness of t.a.r.p. in a comprehensive year end review. and while the report criticized several of t.a.r.p.'s shortcomings to date, it also gave a large...
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at testimony on capitol hill, from hillary clinton and robert gates and joint chief of staff chair, mike mullen. >> senators are continuing their debate of the health care bill through the weekend. our regular book tv schedule will be preempted during these rare senate sessions, with book tv resuming after the debate. watch this live gavel to gavel on c-span 2, the only network on the full debate. go online for video on demand, at c-span/healthcarehub. >> four of malcolm gladwell's books currently sit on the "new york times" best-seller list, including his latest. >> now the first of several hearings this past week on president obama's new afghan strategy, and we hear from several with the chair. >> there has been some confusing about whether the beginning date for u.s. troop reductions is set for july, 2011 with the pace of those reductions being conditioned based. or whether the 2011 july starting date itself is dependent on conditions on the ground, and secretary gates, which is it? >> mr. chairman, it is july 2011 is when we expect the transition process to begin. our view is that --
at testimony on capitol hill, from hillary clinton and robert gates and joint chief of staff chair, mike mullen. >> senators are continuing their debate of the health care bill through the weekend. our regular book tv schedule will be preempted during these rare senate sessions, with book tv resuming after the debate. watch this live gavel to gavel on c-span 2, the only network on the full debate. go online for video on demand, at c-span/healthcarehub. >> four of malcolm gladwell's...
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mike was a disturbed as was mrs. reagan when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on a bed. the tunisian president was in residence. the boiler had blown uppe. and that was enough. it was not looking very good. before the restoration, the money had to be approved by the government every year. i was summoned to congress because they did not want to flaunt it. senator and abnebner said to med not understand why you have to spend all the money just to do over a new house. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said, over my dead body. finely worked around this. i was grateful to the senator who was able to really get it through. there was an interesting stipulation of the bill. the money was to be used for bricks and mortar but not 1 cent could be allocated. what could that mean? we had to raise it. >> in 1988, blair house reopen. congress had appropriated $8.6 billion for the infrastructure improvement. $7 million was raised for decorating body private blair house restoration fund. several plaques and acknowledged large gifts to the fund. >> the staf
mike was a disturbed as was mrs. reagan when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on a bed. the tunisian president was in residence. the boiler had blown uppe. and that was enough. it was not looking very good. before the restoration, the money had to be approved by the government every year. i was summoned to congress because they did not want to flaunt it. senator and abnebner said to med not understand why you have to spend all the money just to do over a new house. he said, why don't you...
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this year one of them in the age of reagan 1982 m-mike 1980 name by steven hayward. also looking back a couple of presidencies we covered the book h.w. ray and his perpetrator to his class. here's portsmouth, virginia. this is cliff on a democrat plan. >> caller: good morning. a good book came out in 2009, but it's one of my favorites. it's been said bugliosi's book, how to prosecute george w. bush for murder. now you can extend the policies in this book and prosecution to obama casillas complicit in continuing this illegal war. post go i think that might've come out in 2008, 2007. santa rosa, california is next. what is your favorite nonfiction book of the year? >> caller: thanks a lot for c-span. i favorite nonfiction book has been and always will be the bible. post go thank you. jim on our independent line. >> caller: good morning. i'm not sure if this is 2009, but it's american bloomsbury by susan cheever, based on the literate community that gathered in massachusetts, hawthorne and emerson. and it was just a delight. and i don't read much nonfiction but it was c
this year one of them in the age of reagan 1982 m-mike 1980 name by steven hayward. also looking back a couple of presidencies we covered the book h.w. ray and his perpetrator to his class. here's portsmouth, virginia. this is cliff on a democrat plan. >> caller: good morning. a good book came out in 2009, but it's one of my favorites. it's been said bugliosi's book, how to prosecute george w. bush for murder. now you can extend the policies in this book and prosecution to obama casillas...
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captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> secretary of state clinton, robert gates, and mike mullen testified about afghanistan in two congressional hearings. at 9:00 a.m. eastern, the senate armed services committee and it 1:30 p.m., the house foreign affairs committee. you can watch both hearings live on c-span 3 and c- span.org. >> the 2010 studentcam contest is here. $30,000 in prizes with the top prize, $5,000. create a video on one of our country's greatest strengths or challenges the country is facing. it must incorporate cspan programming and the deadline is january 20. credit camera and get started go to studentscam.org. next on c-span, it is "washington journal," live with your phone calls which is followed by live coverage in the u.s. house. .
captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> secretary of state clinton, robert gates, and mike mullen testified about afghanistan in two congressional hearings. at 9:00 a.m. eastern, the senate armed services committee and it 1:30 p.m., the house foreign affairs committee. you can watch both hearings live on c-span 3 and c- span.org. >> the 2010 studentcam contest is here. $30,000 in prizes with the top prize, $5,000. create a video on one of our country's greatest...
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they've had -- >> could you pull your mike up a little higher, please? >> i'm a slow learner here. they have had a constitution since 2004. >> and did we make the same mistake in that one, to put sharia law into the constitution or not? >> the sharia law is not the dominant judicial system. >> that sounds like a double-talk to me. if it's in the constitution -- >> respect for islamic law is in the constitution. congressman, it is locally interpreted. >> locally understood? okay. corruption is something that a lot of people have been hitting on that theme. is there any -- is corruption inevitable, as long as we've got the massive poppy crops that are -- i have to say that carefully -- over in afghanistan? >> there's no question that the high level of poppy production and opium trade contributes to corruption. >> is it possible for us to deal with the corruption problem as long as there is that major dependence on that supply of income? >> it will be difficult, but there is progress that is being nad against narco trafficking. congressman, last year there was about a 20% reduction th
they've had -- >> could you pull your mike up a little higher, please? >> i'm a slow learner here. they have had a constitution since 2004. >> and did we make the same mistake in that one, to put sharia law into the constitution or not? >> the sharia law is not the dominant judicial system. >> that sounds like a double-talk to me. if it's in the constitution -- >> respect for islamic law is in the constitution. congressman, it is locally interpreted. >>...
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i believe that working as a republican and joining with richard shelby, jeff sessions, joe bonner, mike rogers, spencer bachus and the rest of the delegation will allow me to be an even more effective voice on these issues. i also want to take a moment to diskuz health care that is currently before the congress. and i spoke early and oufrn and i voted against it in the house. it appears today that this health care bill will pass the senate in one of the first votes of the new year and that will be on the health care package. i want to make it perfectly clear that this bill is bad for our doctors. it's bad for the patients and the young men and women considering going into the health care fields. and as a doctor and as a republican, i plan to once again oppose to this measure and hope that we can defeat this bill that is a major threat to our economy, it is a threat to our nation, and it is a threat to our health care system. i know there will be those who do not support my decision. i want you to know that it's not an easy decision to make. but i always remember that i was not sent to c
i believe that working as a republican and joining with richard shelby, jeff sessions, joe bonner, mike rogers, spencer bachus and the rest of the delegation will allow me to be an even more effective voice on these issues. i also want to take a moment to diskuz health care that is currently before the congress. and i spoke early and oufrn and i voted against it in the house. it appears today that this health care bill will pass the senate in one of the first votes of the new year and that will...
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. >> to mike ridley it should be a celebration models we frankly but of reporting. that is what my book is about. it is about what newspapers can achieve and not what an editor can achieve but what of reporters on the ground can achieve. >> host: tucson arizona. by the way that was his book party at washington of the british embassy. this is dick. go ahead. you like the culture of corruption? >> caller: it is raising and gives great insight into what happens in washington. it is particularly interesting because this talks about all fought corruption that has existed before with obama and all of the people that he has brought with him. earlier somebody remarked about rahm emanuel. that is detailed in this book but when you read this book it makes you wonder how we can ever, ever straighten out the mess in washington. >> host: paul is next up. the best book of 2009. paul on the independent line will do you think? >> caller: i don't know if you guys have covered it but it is called tree spiker. >> host: treat spiker? >> caller: yep comegys one of the founders of the so
. >> to mike ridley it should be a celebration models we frankly but of reporting. that is what my book is about. it is about what newspapers can achieve and not what an editor can achieve but what of reporters on the ground can achieve. >> host: tucson arizona. by the way that was his book party at washington of the british embassy. this is dick. go ahead. you like the culture of corruption? >> caller: it is raising and gives great insight into what happens in washington. it...
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a man by the name of mike lives in eastern nevada. his 26-year-old son has been insulin dependent in bed since he was a baby. the insurance his sentence for work will not cover his treatments. they cannot afford to buy more insurance. his and his troubles are more than just about money. they cannot afford to treat their sons diabetes, so it develop into another disease which cannot be treated either because of the money, and this disease can be fatal. this is what he wrote me two weeks ago. "i do not know what to pray for first, then i will die before my son will slide did not get the bare the burden or that i out live him so i could provide for his family when he is gone." quite a set of prayers, mr. president. this should not be a choice. in the american should have to make. it should not be a choice any father or mother should have to make. and when given a chance to help people just like mike, our choice should be very easy. that is what this legislation is all about. these are hard -- heartbreaking citizens with heartbreaking sto
a man by the name of mike lives in eastern nevada. his 26-year-old son has been insulin dependent in bed since he was a baby. the insurance his sentence for work will not cover his treatments. they cannot afford to buy more insurance. his and his troubles are more than just about money. they cannot afford to treat their sons diabetes, so it develop into another disease which cannot be treated either because of the money, and this disease can be fatal. this is what he wrote me two weeks ago....
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at one point, mike huckabee gave him clemency. those stores and more tonight on "360." >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific with anderson cooper. david cornwell, what do you make of donnie's comments that it makes him like every man? >> i disagree. there are really three audiences here that tiger has to deal with. one is the personal, his family and friends and people that are part of his personal life and he's let some down and they're going to side with his wife and others will support him. the other are his sponsors. i don't think they're issuing these statements because they don't think there's a problem with adultery, but there's no basis to terminate the agreement. and then the third is the public in this role model status. my father was a surgeon and once told me that it's okay if other people think you're god, but you're in trouble if you start believing it. a role model is not a super human icon. it is a person that has all the qualities and blemishes of being a human. tiger is now going to learn that process.
at one point, mike huckabee gave him clemency. those stores and more tonight on "360." >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific with anderson cooper. david cornwell, what do you make of donnie's comments that it makes him like every man? >> i disagree. there are really three audiences here that tiger has to deal with. one is the personal, his family and friends and people that are part of his personal life and he's let some down and they're going to side with his...
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activist mike tidwell of the chesapeake climate action network say a tough deal is what's required. >> this is a nation of laws and if we want to change to change this nation, we must change laws, ala civil rights movement, >> reporter: tidwell has limited his own carbon footprint. he drives a hybrid car, gets electricity from solar panels and heat with a corn fueled stove. but he says that is not enough. >> individual changes count, they do raise awareness, but we will never solve the climate crisis one refrigerator at time, one household at a time. instead of wagging our finger at aunt betty to go buy more efficient light-bulbs, wouldn't it be great if the next time when she went to buy light bulbs there were only energy efficient light bulbs and you get there through policy and statutes. >> reporter: for that policy, tidwell and others are pinning high hopes on copenhagen. >> lehrer: he is american born, lives in chicago and has roots in pakistani as well as american high society. today, david headley was arraigned in federal court in chicago. he is charged with being a key plotter
activist mike tidwell of the chesapeake climate action network say a tough deal is what's required. >> this is a nation of laws and if we want to change to change this nation, we must change laws, ala civil rights movement, >> reporter: tidwell has limited his own carbon footprint. he drives a hybrid car, gets electricity from solar panels and heat with a corn fueled stove. but he says that is not enough. >> individual changes count, they do raise awareness, but we will never...
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right on the wake of that we had chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen, he went into the media along with secretary of defense robert gates. both of them saying this is a crisis. this is a result of too many redeployments. this is a result of not enough time at home in between deployments. this is a result of soldiers not getting the psychological care and tested and spot on. could not agree with them more. the problem was this said this and talk about changing policy. aside from a few minor tweaks they have basically not changed policy. so we have situations like fort hood like major nidal hasan where he did not serve in iraq or afghanistan has spent a lot of time in walter reed hospital counseling giving psychiatric counseling to soldiers coming back from both occupations. so there have actually been a lot of people in the military already calling for pst treatment for for soldiers themselves. then we need pstd treatment for the counselors. when you hear one traumatic story after another, day after day after day you are going to need to talk to somebody about that. so major h
right on the wake of that we had chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen, he went into the media along with secretary of defense robert gates. both of them saying this is a crisis. this is a result of too many redeployments. this is a result of not enough time at home in between deployments. this is a result of soldiers not getting the psychological care and tested and spot on. could not agree with them more. the problem was this said this and talk about changing policy. aside from a...
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you have carl malone and mike sdaish scottie pippen and you have me that's eligible. hopefully we all three get in. if i don't get in, i will be there to support scottie pippen. one of the greatest players on
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wait for the mike, please. >> you've already had one question today, sir. let's let people who haven't asked questions. >> i'll make it fast. i'm a journalist. you contrasted the situation in afghanistan facing us now with the situation facing the russians. the soviets before. i really hate to ask this question but you sort of begged it with the comparison. the other comparison that's often made is the situation that obama is facing with what johnson faced in vietnam. so you know the question. >> the ghost of vietnam haunts this administration. it walks through the corridors of today's white house every day. it certainly walks through the corridors of the united states congress constantly. but afghanistan 2009 is not vietnam 1965 or not even 1961. it's a very different situation. we were attacked from afghanistan. the most successful foreign attack on the united states of america bar one wha? the royal navy's attack on our capital in 1814 was carried out from afghanistan. those who did that are plotting today a repeat performance. in 2006 on the fifth anniv
wait for the mike, please. >> you've already had one question today, sir. let's let people who haven't asked questions. >> i'll make it fast. i'm a journalist. you contrasted the situation in afghanistan facing us now with the situation facing the russians. the soviets before. i really hate to ask this question but you sort of begged it with the comparison. the other comparison that's often made is the situation that obama is facing with what johnson faced in vietnam. so you know...
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mike, thank you very much. >> thanks, campbell. >>> "band of sisters" continues tomorrow night. we'll look at single moms at r war, jungling motherhood and duty and dealing with their own war trauma when they come back home tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. that's it for us. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, president obama slams the money men. >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> larry: and tells them to pay their profits forward. >> and now that they're back on their feet, we expect an extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild our economy. >> larry: donald trump joins us what he thinks. and the fallout from tiger woods' infidelity, corporate backers backing out of deals with the disgraced golfer. will his self-imposed exile repair a reputation? nba bad boy dennis rodman is here for what it will take for tiger to claw his way out of controversy next on "larry king live." good evening. we're in new york tonight and all this week. tomorrow night the whole cast of "nine" will be with us. tonigh
mike, thank you very much. >> thanks, campbell. >>> "band of sisters" continues tomorrow night. we'll look at single moms at r war, jungling motherhood and duty and dealing with their own war trauma when they come back home tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. that's it for us. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, president obama slams the money men. >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall...
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there are some number of ministers, and i would say to mike that we work most closely with, defense and interior, who are quite competent and quite capable and have been good partners for us. similarly, when we see a good governor go into a province, we have seen a situation turnaround literally in months when a competent, honest governor is put in place. there are more than a few of those in afghanistan. all the problems that you have described and discussed here this morning are real. they exist, but there are enough that we can part with you are already in the afghan government or our governors that i think is what contributes to i won't say optimism but a feeling of some confidence that this is going to work. >> it is less so according to general jones on the afghanistan side. could you just give us a little bit of flavor about the thinking, another option which might more readily address the president's concerns and his mission, the option of trying to secure and sealed the afghanistan-pakistan border while we are working to ensure the security and stability of the nuclear weapons
there are some number of ministers, and i would say to mike that we work most closely with, defense and interior, who are quite competent and quite capable and have been good partners for us. similarly, when we see a good governor go into a province, we have seen a situation turnaround literally in months when a competent, honest governor is put in place. there are more than a few of those in afghanistan. all the problems that you have described and discussed here this morning are real. they...
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host: mike on the phone from jacksonville, florida. caller: first i have a comment and then the question. i believe the defining moment -- of course -- for the country was 9/11. so many things changed across so many facets of our lives, and they continue to do so. i wish this administration could remember that, but they seem to have left that behind as a police the event, not a terrorist event. i really want you to try to enter as honestly as you can. you mentioned that obama's ratings were so high, even with unemployment falling apart, and he was at 53%. do your guests believe that it is the media -- if they were not so pro-obama and so for the administration -- that he would, in fact, have the ratings he has? i know it will be very hard, but i would like them to try to answer that. guest: i will be very honest. i do not think that person has ever read a word that i had written. i am not a shell for the administration. in fact, even some of my best friends do not know how i think about things, but i do point out liberal biases in the
host: mike on the phone from jacksonville, florida. caller: first i have a comment and then the question. i believe the defining moment -- of course -- for the country was 9/11. so many things changed across so many facets of our lives, and they continue to do so. i wish this administration could remember that, but they seem to have left that behind as a police the event, not a terrorist event. i really want you to try to enter as honestly as you can. you mentioned that obama's ratings were so...
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. >> tomorrow, a look at what is next for senate action on health care legislation with center mike johanns and then representative barbara lee talks about to economic issues and health care. washington journal live at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal and the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan will testify at two here in tomorrow on afghanistan strategy. there will be at the allis armed services committee --house armed services committee on c- span3. they will take questions from members of the house and senate foreign relations committee. >> ben bernanke says the economic recovery has a long way to go, adding the fed will keep interest rates at record low levels. this is about 45 minutes. >> it is nice to be here and i am pleased to have the opportunity to speak. having faced the most serious financial crisis and the worst recession since the great depression, our economy has made important progress. although the economic stress faced by many families and businesses remains intense, with job openings scarce and credit
. >> tomorrow, a look at what is next for senate action on health care legislation with center mike johanns and then representative barbara lee talks about to economic issues and health care. washington journal live at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal and the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan will testify at two here in tomorrow on afghanistan strategy. there will be at the allis armed services committee...
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good call by mike carey. jim: the leader again in the national football league punt return average in season. it's berger. this will be returned. here's jackson. takes -- shakes off a hit. another flag down back at the 20-yard line. paxton, the long snapper, made the hit on jackson. referee: there's no foul on the play. all of the action was legal. first down. jim: first down from the 42 of denver. phil: now you got the time on your side. jim: mcnabb with three touchdown passes. the first one went to jackson from two yards out then an open brent celek. and then the one to avant. phil: so many big plays in the game. go ahead, i'm sorry. but mcnabb's scramble changed field position, allowed the eagles to get the ball back after a punt. jim: and that's mccoy into the pile for two. we talked look how some of these a.f.c. teams can control their own destiny after today. but you have the likes of all the fans down in baltimore, pittsburgh, houston, all right now hoping that somehow philadelphia could put together a
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. >> mike gates? >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. government is in meeting benchmarks, we ourselves are in afghanistan for our own national security reasons. in that context, the prime efforts of the pakistani government, but how confidence is he that the civilian government in pakistan has got the power to shift the focus of its military and intelligence rather than its obsession with india? >> mr. speaker, my friend who is an expert is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance and to draw attention to the fact we are in afghanistan for national security reasons, because there is a terrorist threat to the people of our country. it is not enough for us to borders. it is important that we combat the terrorists at the source. i have spoken to the president of pakistan. i keep in touch with the opposition as well. i also talked to the military, as do other members of the government and our armed forces. we can be sure that the pakistani authorities are where they have to deal with the threat posed by the pakistan tell them bu
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mike pence, republican o indiana is aember of the foreign affaircommittee and hos the third spot in the house g.o. leadership. james mcgovern, decrat of masshusetts, has been a critic of the mcchrystal, n the president's an, from the beginning. congressmamcgovern, you remain opposedo sending 30,000 troops to afghanistan? >> i do. i think it's a mtake. i'm not quite re what the missn is. our enemy is al qaed they're in pakistan not afghanisn. we're ld that maybe there's 100 members al qaeda in afghistan. do wneed that many troops to after 100 members of al qaeda? you mentiod earlier on your show that secretary tes meetg with president karzai and president karzaiaying he expects to be there for at least five years. then he says he expes us to bankoll his security forces for thnext 15 to 20 years. this is a huge commitmt that don't believe is in our tional security interest. >> lehr: what general mcchrystal said today to the use committee that he ought that within a year he uld know whether or not at leaswe would know whether or not thtaliban has been ... the talibas progress has been thwa
mike pence, republican o indiana is aember of the foreign affaircommittee and hos the third spot in the house g.o. leadership. james mcgovern, decrat of masshusetts, has been a critic of the mcchrystal, n the president's an, from the beginning. congressmamcgovern, you remain opposedo sending 30,000 troops to afghanistan? >> i do. i think it's a mtake. i'm not quite re what the missn is. our enemy is al qaed they're in pakistan not afghanisn. we're ld that maybe there's 100 members al...
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. >> mike gates? >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. however effective the karzai government is in meeting benchmarks, we ourselves are in afghanistan for our own national security reasons. in that context, the prime minister rightly praised the efforts of the pakistani government, but how confident is he that the civilian government in pakistan has got the power to shift the focus of its military and intelligence agencies to combat al qaeda rather than its obsession with india? >> mr. speaker, my friend who is an expert is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance of pakistan. and to draw attention to the fact we are in afghanistan for national security reasons, because there is a terrorist threat to the people of our country. it is not enough for us to defend ourselves within our own borders. it is important that we combat the terrorists at the source. i have spoken to the president of pakistan. i keep in touch with the opposition as well. i also talked to the military, as do other members of the government and our armed fo
. >> mike gates? >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. however effective the karzai government is in meeting benchmarks, we ourselves are in afghanistan for our own national security reasons. in that context, the prime minister rightly praised the efforts of the pakistani government, but how confident is he that the civilian government in pakistan has got the power to shift the focus of its military and intelligence agencies to combat al qaeda rather than its obsession with india?...
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admiral mike mu lynn. "washington journal" is live with segments on the white house job summit and future of the federal reserve and house is in senate at 10 eastern. today's bill include ascent the senate banking committee holds a hearing on the nomination of ben bernanke to continue as chairman of the federal reserve. live on 10 eastern onp span 3, c-span.org and c span radio. this week on q & a. our guest is malcolm glad well. writer for the new yorker magazine. he has currently four books top new york best sellers list. his newest book. what the dog saw is a compilation of stories for the new yorker magazine. q & a comes on, on sundays at 8 profit margins eastern. >> secretary of state hillary clinton and robert gates and joint chief's of staff told members of the senate armed õservices committee today the president's decision to send more troops to afghanistan is needed to prevent a taliban take over of the country. this hour and 15 minute portion includes opening statements and questions from senato
admiral mike mu lynn. "washington journal" is live with segments on the white house job summit and future of the federal reserve and house is in senate at 10 eastern. today's bill include ascent the senate banking committee holds a hearing on the nomination of ben bernanke to continue as chairman of the federal reserve. live on 10 eastern onp span 3, c-span.org and c span radio. this week on q & a. our guest is malcolm glad well. writer for the new yorker magazine. he has...
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but, you know, in -- we live sort of in the age where obama and oprah were a team, and mike huckabee and chuck norris were a team. so it doesn't matter whether you're democrat or republican, i think both sides are very involved with hollywood and celebrity. >> jason killian meath, thank you so much. >> i say my job at fox news is to keep company materials because it really is, and i say that to young people. every once in a while fox will send me out to talk to a college campus somewhere. i'd rather go to kandahar, quite frankly. [laughter] and i'll say to young people i keep company with, and i know i've conjured up in the mind of a young person the image of somebody wearing a span connection suit -- spandex suit and a cape, but that's not the definition of a hero. the definition of a hero is a person who has put themself at risk for the benefit of others, and that's what i -- that's basically all i do. i know that some of my colleagues at fox news don't, don't -- and the rest of the so-called mainstream media -- don't get that. i tell them every once in a while that, you know, the
but, you know, in -- we live sort of in the age where obama and oprah were a team, and mike huckabee and chuck norris were a team. so it doesn't matter whether you're democrat or republican, i think both sides are very involved with hollywood and celebrity. >> jason killian meath, thank you so much. >> i say my job at fox news is to keep company materials because it really is, and i say that to young people. every once in a while fox will send me out to talk to a college campus...
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mike is joining us from sacramento, california. what is your story, mike? caller: i'm an inmate, or i used to be an enmate. i think that part of the problem is when you go in there you can't get anything. you can't get any education. you can't get any job help, any nothing. so, when you get out you have nothing and you go back to nothi nothing. you get out here and you don't have money, you go right back to doing the same thing you were doing before. people don't want to help you or give you any jobs. it is really an economic issue to me. host: how old are you, michael? caller: i'm 39. host: what were you convicted of and when? caller: i was convicted 20 years ago over drugs. and when i get out here i'm still being hassled over ex-felons right now. right now in these times it is hard and it is really frustrating and makes me feel like i really want to go back and do the same thing i was doing before. host: how are you surviving in caller: my wife. that is the one thing about it. your wife or your family members. when you are in there, when you make the call
mike is joining us from sacramento, california. what is your story, mike? caller: i'm an inmate, or i used to be an enmate. i think that part of the problem is when you go in there you can't get anything. you can't get any education. you can't get any job help, any nothing. so, when you get out you have nothing and you go back to nothi nothing. you get out here and you don't have money, you go right back to doing the same thing you were doing before. people don't want to help you or give you...
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host: what do you mean by that, mike? caller: seems to back the corporate weasels who have hijacked this country. he supports a corporate, international fascism. i think he should maybe move back to israel. host: oregon, david on the republican line. your thoughts? caller: i think that senator lieberman is cribbing go when he supported president bush and is now coming out against this crazy democratic plan -- more power to him. we need to have more democrats come over. they should come over to support the republican agenda. host: here is a look at the politico this morning. it says that we burmasenator lieberman's opposition means that carried ithe terri reid mee tied to the 60 votes needed. host: good morning. caller: yes, i have a few questions. i want to know why senator lieberman is so against the public option and reform. i believe he is going crazy, has lost his mind. he is not the same command they used to know. then, i believe this would be the great help to the people. i have been on disability since 1996. and ag
host: what do you mean by that, mike? caller: seems to back the corporate weasels who have hijacked this country. he supports a corporate, international fascism. i think he should maybe move back to israel. host: oregon, david on the republican line. your thoughts? caller: i think that senator lieberman is cribbing go when he supported president bush and is now coming out against this crazy democratic plan -- more power to him. we need to have more democrats come over. they should come over to...
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mike was disturbed, as was mrs. reagan, when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on the principal bed and while the tunisian president was in residence, the boiler had blown up. and so that was enough. and also, it was not looking very good. it was really looking a bit raggedy. before the restoration plan, the money had to be approved by the government every year and was summoned to congress, because they didn't want to fund it at all. and senator abner, who was the head of the committee that was being so negative about it said to me, well, mrs. rosa, i don't understand why you have to spend all that money just to do over an old house. he was just very difficult about it. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said over my dead body. finally we worked around this. i was grateful to paul lacks all the, the senator's aunt, who was able -- lacks at, the senator's aunt, who was really able to get it through. but there was a very interesting stipulation in the bill. the money was to be used
mike was disturbed, as was mrs. reagan, when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on the principal bed and while the tunisian president was in residence, the boiler had blown up. and so that was enough. and also, it was not looking very good. it was really looking a bit raggedy. before the restoration plan, the money had to be approved by the government every year and was summoned to congress, because they didn't want to fund it at all. and senator abner, who was the head of the committee...
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let's go with mike tracy who lives in northwest las vegas, nevada said. his 26-year-old son has been an insolent-dependent diabetic since he was a baby -- an insulin dependent diabetic since he was a baby. but this family's troubles are about more than just money. since they couldn't afford to treat their son's diabetes, it developed into something called addison's disease, the disease president kennedy had. if you have money you can treat the disease. if you don't, it's a very bad disease, likely could be fatal. this is what mike wrote me this past friday -- and i quote -- "i don't know what to pray for first: that i will die before my son so i don't have to bear the burden or that i outlive him so that i can provide support for his family when he's gone." end of quote. this shouldn't be a choice for any american. and when given the chance to help people like mike, our choice should be easy. here's another example. helen o'rourke wrote to me last tuesday about her friends who live in nevada, a town on the shores of lake tahoe. the family's two-year-old d
let's go with mike tracy who lives in northwest las vegas, nevada said. his 26-year-old son has been an insolent-dependent diabetic since he was a baby -- an insulin dependent diabetic since he was a baby. but this family's troubles are about more than just money. since they couldn't afford to treat their son's diabetes, it developed into something called addison's disease, the disease president kennedy had. if you have money you can treat the disease. if you don't, it's a very bad disease,...
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host: mike, you are of veteran? caller: yes, sir. good morning, general, and good morning, sir. i was in desert storm, and operation iraqi freedom in 2003. lately, when i come back from iraq, i had a lot of injuries. i want to also said that the treatment program i'm involved in an alabama, it is of the program, and they have been very good -- it is a va program and they have been very good. the only problem i have is the long way. other than that, excellent job. thank you, sir, for your time. guest: that is actually good to hear. with our 9000 soldiers that we have on active duty, we do have a lot of issues. frankly, sometimes, you cannot get it right. -- you do not get it right. when we do not get it right, we want to make the corrections to take care of that soldier. the conditions and issues change. what is right yesterday may not be right the next day. for michael, i think it shows how far we have come in our relationship with the department of veterans affairs. it is a very positive one. is one where when we had a veteran with a problem, we contact va and work with them. o
host: mike, you are of veteran? caller: yes, sir. good morning, general, and good morning, sir. i was in desert storm, and operation iraqi freedom in 2003. lately, when i come back from iraq, i had a lot of injuries. i want to also said that the treatment program i'm involved in an alabama, it is of the program, and they have been very good -- it is a va program and they have been very good. the only problem i have is the long way. other than that, excellent job. thank you, sir, for your time....
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host: mike from the democratic line in kansas city. go ahead, mike. caller: i would say it would have to be ron paul. this is a man of lot of people laugh at. his idea of auditing the federal reserve and really taking a look at our financial institutions, how it is set up and set up for big business and shrinking the american people, small business being choked off alive. the middle middle class and the lower middle class are being slaughtered, dumped into poverty. if you look at statistics, people who live in poverty in america are under the level of what people in american consider poverty. it would have to be ron paul. host: sandy ago, independent line. caller: dennis kucinich is not afraid to speak truth to power. he spoke out against the bailout, he has been a major, major opponent against these wars and is not afraid to talk out about the afghanistan war. he is still introducing legislation to stop this war. the federal reserve, i give ron paul credit, he is out there but dennis kucinich is also talking about the federal reserve and how it needs
host: mike from the democratic line in kansas city. go ahead, mike. caller: i would say it would have to be ron paul. this is a man of lot of people laugh at. his idea of auditing the federal reserve and really taking a look at our financial institutions, how it is set up and set up for big business and shrinking the american people, small business being choked off alive. the middle middle class and the lower middle class are being slaughtered, dumped into poverty. if you look at statistics,...
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. ♪ >> secretary of state hillary clinton and robert gates and mike mu len return to capitol hill today to testify again about u.s. troop levels and strategy in afghanistan. the testimony before the senate foreign relations committee will be live on-line at 9:00 eastern. after senator clinton leaves for meetings in europe. others will testify before the house armed services committee. live on c-span 3 and c-span radio at 1:00 eastern. the senate banking committee hold as hearing on the nomination of ben bernanke to continue as chairman of the federal reserve. live on c-span 3. c-span.org and c-span radio. >> this weekend on c-span two book t.v. we'll tour arlington national cemetery including section 60 where the soldiers are buried. it's part of the history of the cemetery with robert poole. see the comparisons and seemingly unrelated cultural similarities with the authors of super freakn o mics. and join us with multi value works on science. for the entire schedule go to book t.v. dot org. >> "washington journal" continues. >> very pleased to introduce you to the vice president of fin
. ♪ >> secretary of state hillary clinton and robert gates and mike mu len return to capitol hill today to testify again about u.s. troop levels and strategy in afghanistan. the testimony before the senate foreign relations committee will be live on-line at 9:00 eastern. after senator clinton leaves for meetings in europe. others will testify before the house armed services committee. live on c-span 3 and c-span radio at 1:00 eastern. the senate banking committee hold as hearing on the...
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host: we your next from tampa florida, mike, go ahead. hot caller: mayor christmas to you, general. and i'm wondering if we can get these people moved over to a better crop, may be weak or sorry or something? guest: i got that call, asking and what we can do to help with the agricultural side and maybe eradicating not the use of drugs. we know there are drugs and drug use and cultivation in this society year. it is a form of agriculture. we know that the taliban exploits that and tries to help fund elements of the insurgency with drug money. we're trying to do some things to eliminate drugs from the military and police. you cannot be an effective police been on the beat or an effective soldier in the ranks if you are using drugs. we have eliminated drug use almost entirely from the united states military, to a great extent, and we hope -- we hope to aim to help the minister -- the minister of the interior and ministry of defense with that as well. this is a 100% accountability of every policemean and making sure that we are paying the cops are serving the public. as part of that, we
host: we your next from tampa florida, mike, go ahead. hot caller: mayor christmas to you, general. and i'm wondering if we can get these people moved over to a better crop, may be weak or sorry or something? guest: i got that call, asking and what we can do to help with the agricultural side and maybe eradicating not the use of drugs. we know there are drugs and drug use and cultivation in this society year. it is a form of agriculture. we know that the taliban exploits that and tries to help...
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man by the name of mike tracy lives in north las vegas, nevada. his son has been an independent diabetic since he was a baby. his insurance from work won't cover his treatments. his families are more than just about money. since they could about ford to treat they're son's diabetes it developed into a disease called ats ons and they can't afford to treat it either. this can be fatal. mike wrote be two weeks ago i quote, i don't know what to pray for first, thatly die before my son will, so i don't have to bear the burden or that i out live him so i can provide support to his family when he's gone. end of quote. quite a set of prayers mr. president. this shouldn't be a choice. no american should have to make that choice. it shouldn't be a choice any father or mother should have to make. and when given the chance to help people just like mike, our choice should be very easy. that's what this legislation is all about. these are hardworking citizens with heart-breaking stories. they're people that played by the rules and simply want they're insurance
man by the name of mike tracy lives in north las vegas, nevada. his son has been an independent diabetic since he was a baby. his insurance from work won't cover his treatments. his families are more than just about money. since they could about ford to treat they're son's diabetes it developed into a disease called ats ons and they can't afford to treat it either. this can be fatal. mike wrote be two weeks ago i quote, i don't know what to pray for first, thatly die before my son will, so i...
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mike is on the phone. caller: my question is, a statement was made earlier in the show about everybody not wanting to pay the tax from the war a. i would say that it would be better -- it is the way it is collected, is the problem. why wouldn't we support something like the fair tax to fund it and pay for it as we spend instead of being taken from our paycheck? a lot of people don't want to fund the war. why wouldn't we do it through the fair tax? guest: i don't know what the fair tax is. host: as he was sharing his comments, mary was saying that corporate america must start paying more in teak as they and private armies get rich with the war. guest: i don't know what "the fair tax" is, but let me talk about ways of raising revenues. one way is congressman obey's proposal with a 1% surtax on our income tax. other ways are by cutting other parts of federal spending, such as making the defense department offset some of its other costs in order to pay por these conflicts. i'm not saying that's what i prefer.
mike is on the phone. caller: my question is, a statement was made earlier in the show about everybody not wanting to pay the tax from the war a. i would say that it would be better -- it is the way it is collected, is the problem. why wouldn't we support something like the fair tax to fund it and pay for it as we spend instead of being taken from our paycheck? a lot of people don't want to fund the war. why wouldn't we do it through the fair tax? guest: i don't know what the fair tax is. host:...
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host: mike on the phone from jacksonville, florida. caller: first i have a comment and then the question. i believe the defining moment -- of course -- for the country was 9/11. so many things changed across so many facets of our lives, and they continue to do so. i wish this administration could remember that, but they seem to have left that behind as a police the event, not a terrorist event. i really want you to try to enter as honestly as you can. you mentioned that obama's ratings were so high, even with unemployment falling apart, and he was at 53%. do your guests believe that it is the media -- if they were not so pro-obama and so for the administration -- that he would, in fact, have the ratings he has? i know it will be very hard, but i would like them to try to answer that. guest: i will be very honest. i do not think that person has ever read a word that i had written. i am not a shell for the administration. in fact, even some of my best friends do not know how i think about things, but i do point out liberal biases in the
host: mike on the phone from jacksonville, florida. caller: first i have a comment and then the question. i believe the defining moment -- of course -- for the country was 9/11. so many things changed across so many facets of our lives, and they continue to do so. i wish this administration could remember that, but they seem to have left that behind as a police the event, not a terrorist event. i really want you to try to enter as honestly as you can. you mentioned that obama's ratings were so...
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robert gates, as well as mike mullen, will be testifying. stanley mcchrystal, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, republicans have wanted him to testify on his recommendations. he has not yet, but he is expected to testify next week. all of these major players in the obama administration will be making their case and there will probably be some tense moments with members that do not want this war to continue or at least once a timeline for getting out. earlier this year nancy pelosi did not embrace timetables, which the appropriations committee chairman was pushing for. i think that there will be more of a push for an exit strategy. the white house has indicated that the u.s. is not going to be in afghanistan forever. there are sticking points that will come up. host: we will look for coverage of that here on c-span, go to c- span.org for the schedule. what should the viewers be looking for in these hearings? guest: how they handle the questions and how they pinpoint but cost and how the u.s. will continue to fight and wage two wars when we are in record deficits and une
robert gates, as well as mike mullen, will be testifying. stanley mcchrystal, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, republicans have wanted him to testify on his recommendations. he has not yet, but he is expected to testify next week. all of these major players in the obama administration will be making their case and there will probably be some tense moments with members that do not want this war to continue or at least once a timeline for getting out. earlier this year nancy pelosi did not...
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>> as mike mullen said it once upon a time -- we do what we must in iraq. we do what we can and afghanistan. we have boot at that point now -- we are at that point now where afghanistan has moved from being an economy of force function to our main effort. so in the process, we are looking at expanding the capacity that we have had there. nimroz province is a big enigma to us at this point. barack, on by the italians, but they probably don't have enough -- farah, owned by the italians, but they probably don't have enough forces there to do what needs to be done routinely. we're expanding that way a little bit as well. you start to stress the command- and-control capacity of the established headquarters. and when these headquarters were established, it was about nation building not about fighting a counterinsurgency. this goes back to 2002 or 2003. the nations of nato were simply dividing up the country for pr teas and that type of thing. -- prt's, and that type of thing. and we're going to put 20,000 marines into an area of operations -- that is bigger than
>> as mike mullen said it once upon a time -- we do what we must in iraq. we do what we can and afghanistan. we have boot at that point now -- we are at that point now where afghanistan has moved from being an economy of force function to our main effort. so in the process, we are looking at expanding the capacity that we have had there. nimroz province is a big enigma to us at this point. barack, on by the italians, but they probably don't have enough -- farah, owned by the italians, but...